From sharing family celebrations to massacre and expulsion.

Petahiah of Regensburg at the tomb of Ezekiel.

Benjamin of Tudela.

Asher ben Yeḥiel.

Isaac Or Zaru’a and his journeys from Bohemia.

How an illustrious family and interactions with Christians shaped the work of Samuel ben Meir.

Two Jews who drew on Sufism.

A medieval rabbi with “a love of language, dark humor, penchant for astrology, personal bitterness, and dour personality.”

Adrian von Bubenberg was here.

And evidence of the antiquity of Ashkenazi genetic disease.

The rise of a conspiracy theory.

A rare tale from the Cairo Genizah.

Rupture and reconstruction.

Destruction vs. redemption—and the remarkable survival of European Jewry.